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Using Help

The system CLI provides a variety of useful context-sensitive help features. An important thing to remember about using the help features is that the use of a space or the lack of a space before the ? gives different results. Table 7 describes the help system.

Table 7: Help Commands

Command

Description

?

Lists all keywords applicable to the current command mode

help

Displays a brief description of the help system
(available in all command modes)

partial-keyword?

Lists the keywords that begin with a certain character string

partial-keyword<Tab>

Completes the partial keyword you entered, if you have provided an unambiguous abbreviation

command<Space>?

Lists the set of all valid next available choices

Commands listed in the left column of Table 7 are further described with examples in the following sections.


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